I love having girls as friends because we can gossip about celebrity news, talk about hair and outfits, trade clothes, do each other's makeup, and of course talk about guys! All this is great to be able to share with your close net of friends, but sometimes it gets old.

I find myself drifting away from my girlfriends when I'm getting tired of our usual chatty routine. Moments like this are when I appreciate having guy friends. It wasn't until college when I realized the impact of a strong male to female friendship. I discovered this when all the guys around me wanted me for my body rather than a friendly connection, leading me to have only female friends.

Having a guy as a friend is perfect when you need honest answers about the male species. When you need the details on your crush or need a male perspective on your love life, he is always there. When you want to translate a text message or even respond back Mr. Right, your guy friend is perfectly fit to do the job.

Guys are easy going and down for anything. If you ever want to be spontaneous or do something outrageous, you can always count on that guy friend of yours to be down. With females, we tend to overcomplicate things and worry about what to wear, who's schedule aligns, and the conflicting personalities of the individuals going.

Your guy friend will tell you straight up that you are crazy and overthinking things. Often, females are overthinking situations, reading between the lines, and entertaining made up ideations. Where a female may think, "she isn't sitting next to me because she is mad about what I said about her outfit last week", a guy would pay no mind to his friend sitting somewhere else, or just not care enough to entertain any ideas.

A guy can make you see the beauty in yourself that your female friends can't. Hearing that you are beautiful or have a nice personality from a guy resonates differently than hearing it from a girlfriend. A girlfriend makes you feel happy about yourself while the guy makes you realize that if he sees your beauty, then other guys do as well.

An issue common amongst girls is jealousy and spitefulness. At all times regardless if you notice it or not, females always seem to be in competition. Where guys are competing in whose jump shot is better, females are concerned with who looks better, who in the friend group is spending more time together, etc. It's nice to let your guard down and feel like one of the guys with your male friend.

With my guy friends, I can do all the "tomboyish" things I want to do without feeling like I'm not acting like a proper woman. Having a mix of both type of friendships is needed because both offer a feeling of emotion that the other cannot bring forth.